{{Short description|Former Royal Air Force station in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox military installation | name = RAF Wig Bay | ensign = Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg | ensign_size = 90px | native_name = | partof = <!-- for elements within a larger site --> | location = Dumfries and Galloway | nearest_town = <!-- used in military test site infobox --> | country = Scotland | image = | alt = | caption = | image2 = <!--secondary image, major command emblems for airfields --> | alt2 = | caption2 = | type = | coordinates = {{Coord|54|58|06|N|5|04|10|W|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map = Scotland Dumfries and Galloway#UK | pushpin_map_caption = Shown within Dumfries and Galloway | pushpin_label = RAF Wig Bay | pushpin_label_position = | ownership = Air Ministry | operator = Royal Air Force | controlledby = RAF Coastal Command | open_to_public = <!-- for out of use sites/sites with museums etc --> | site_other_label = <!-- for renaming "Other facilities" in infobox --> | site_other = <!-- for other sorts of facilities – radar types etc --> | site_area = <!-- area of site m2, km2 square mile etc --> | code = <!--facility/installation code, applies to US --> | built = {{Start date|1914}} | used = 1914-{{End date|1957}} | builder = | materials = | height = <!-- height of tallest part, not above sea level --> | length = <!-- for border fences or other DMZs --> | fate = <!--changed from demolished parameter--> | condition = | battles = First World War<br />European theatre of World War II<br />Cold War | events = | past_commanders = <!-- past notable commander(s) --> | garrison = <!-- such as the 25th Bombardment Group --> | occupants = <!-- squadrons only --> | designations = | website = | footnotes = <!-- catchall in case it's needed to preserve something in infobox that doesn't work in new code --> <!-- begin airfield information --> | IATA = | ICAO = | FAA = | TC = | LID = | GPS = | WMO = | elevation = <!-- {{Convert| |m|0}} --> | r1-number = | r1-length = <!-- {{Convert| |m|0}} --> | r1-surface = | h1-number = | h1-length = <!-- {{Convert| |m|0}} --> | h1-surface = | airfield_other_label = <!-- for renaming "Other facilities" in infobox --> | airfield_other = <!-- for other sorts of airfield facilities --> <!-- end airfield information --> }} '''Royal Air Force Wig Bay''', or more simply '''RAF Wig Bay''', is a former Royal Air Force station near Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

The following squadrons were here at some point:<ref name="ABCT">{{cite web|url=https://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/wig-bay-corsewall-kirkcolm-stranraer/ |title=Wig Bay (Corsewall) (Kirkcolm) (Stranraer) |publisher=Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust|accessdate=6 June 2020}}</ref> {{columns-list|colwidth=25em| * No. 209 Squadron RAF * No. 210 Squadron RAF * No. 228 Squadron RAF * No. 240 Squadron RAF * No. 413 Squadron RCAF * No. 490 Squadron RNZAF * Flying Boat Training Squadron RAF * Seaplane Training Squadron RAF }}

;Units: * Detachment of No. 4 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF (February 1942 - ?){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|Halley|1997|p=234}} * No. 11 Flying Boat Fitting Unit (July - October 1943){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|Halley|1997|p=148}} * No. 57 Maintenance Unit RAF (October 1943 - October 1951){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|Halley|1997|p=207}} * Flying Boat Servicing Unit (March - September 1942) became No. 1 Flying Boat Servicing Unit (September 1942 - February 1944){{sfn|Sturtivant|Hamlin|Halley|1997|p=148}}

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===Bibliography=== *{{cite book |last1=Sturtivant|first1=R|last2=Hamlin|first2=J|last3=Halley|first3=J|title=Royal Air Force flying training and support units |year=1997 |publisher= Air-Britain (Historians)|location= UK|isbn=0-85130-252-1}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wig Bay}} Wig Bay Category:Military airbases closed in 1957